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[New research project] ‘The challenge of populist memory politics for Europe: Towards effective responses to militant legislation on the past (MEMOCRACY)’
15 October 2021Earlier this month, work has started on the new MEMOCRACY research project, co-organised with University of Cologne, University of Copenhagen, and Polish Academy of Sciences. As part of the MEMOCRACY research consortium, Asser senior researcher Dr Uladzislau B...
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[Annual Lecture] ‘Europe’s role in the world: player or plaything?’ by Prof. Brigid Laffan
13 October 2021Registrations are open for the seventh Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture 2021, which will be held by Emerita Professor Brigid Laffan, an internationally recognised expert on the European Union. The title of her lecture is: ‘Europe in the world: The emergence of Coll...
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[Blog Symposium] Delocalized Justice: the delocalization of corporate accountability for human rights violations originating in Africa
12 October 2021In March 2021, the Asser Institute held a digital conference around the theme of Delocalised Justice, with the support of the AfronomicsLaw blog. We discussed situations in which wrongs were suffered at the hands of corporations on the African continent and Gl...
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[Interview] Asser researcher Christophe Paulussen: “It was an interview with Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, which pushed me to the field of international criminal law”
11 October 2021[Interview] Asser researcher Christophe Paulussen: “It was an interview with Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, which pushed me to the field of international criminal law” Dr Christophe Paulussen is a senior researcher at the T.M.C. As...
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[New essay] ‘Monopolisation - Concentrated power and economic embeddings in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence’
8 October 2021US and EU regulators are focusing on the market power and monopolistic behaviour of big tech firms. However, they tend to focus mostly on the conduct and market position of online platforms, while ignoring the underlying technologies by which they operate. But...